APPLICATION OF GIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS IN A TRAFFIC RELIEF STUDY

This paper describes an application of a Geographic Information System (GIS) in a traffic relief study. Traffic congestion has severely affected the environmental quality and quality of life for residents within the study area. A team consisting of planning and environmental specialists, historians, landscape architects, traffic engineers, and GIS professionals was put together to deal with the problem. The GIS professionals have played a crucial role in maintaining constant and active interactions among project members, federal and state agencies, and the public. GIS has been used to develop natural and cultural resource inventory, to identify contamination sources, to assess environmental constraints, and to evaluate proposed highway alignment alternatives. GIS allows professionals to analyze data, apply models, and enhance their decision making, and the high quality map products created with GIS enhance the quality of public presentations and reports.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier Science

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Wang, X
  • Stauffer, B
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 275-286
• Serial:
  • Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science
  • ISSN: 0198-9715

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Environmental impacts; Environmental quality; Geographic information systems; Highway traffic control; Highway transportation; Public private partnerships; Quality of life; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway alignment; Traffic relief studies
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791383
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 2000 12:00AM